I’m so glad you made time to see me.
How’s life? Tell me how’s your family.
I haven’t seen them in a while.
You’ve been good, busier than ever,
We small talk, work and the weather,
Your guard is up and I know why.
Because the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind.
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.

So this is me swallowing my pride,
Standing in front of you saying, “I’m sorry for that night,”
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you.
Wishing I’d realized what I had when you were mine.
I’d go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I go back to December all the time.

These days I haven’t been sleeping,
Staying up, playing back myself leavin’.
When your birthday passed and I didn’t call.
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times,
I watched you laughing from the passenger side.
Realized that I loved you in the fall.

And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was “Goodbye”.

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, “I’m sorry for that night.”
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you,
Wishing I’d realized what I had when you were mine.
I’d go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time.

I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile,
So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night —
The first time you ever saw me cry.

Maybe this is wishful thinking,
Probably mindless dreaming,
But if we loved again, I swear I’d love you right.

I’d go back in time and change it but I can’t.
So if the chain is on your door I understand.

But this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, “I’m sorry for that night.”
And I go back to December…
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you,
Wishing I’d realize what I had when you were mine.
I’d go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I’d go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time.
All the time.

“Forever & Always”

Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye
And we caught onto something
I hold onto the night, you looked me in the eye and told me you loved me

Were you just kidding?
’cause it seems to me, this thing is breaking down
We almost never speak
I don’t feel welcome anymore
Baby what happened, please tell me?

’cause one second it was perfect, now you’re halfway out the door

And I stare at the phone, he still hasn’t called
And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when he said forever and always
Oh, and it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you’re here and it rains when you’re gone
Cause I was there when you said forever and always

Was I out of line?
Did I say something way too honest, made you run and hide
Like a scared little boy
I looked into your eyes
Thought I knew you for a minute, now I’m not so sure

So here’s everything coming down to nothing
Here’s to silence that cuts me to the core
Where is this going? Thought I knew for a minute, but I don’t anymore

And I stare at the phone, he still hasn’t called
And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when he said forever and always
Oh, and it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you’re here and it rains when you’re gone
’cause I was there when you said forever and always
You didn’t mean it baby, I don’t think so

Back up, baby, back up
Did you forget everything
Back up, baby, back up
Did you forget everything

’cause it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you’re here and it rains when you’re gone
’cause I was there when you said forever and always

Oh, I stare at the phone, he still hasn’t called
And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when we said forever and always

And it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you’re here and it rains when you’re gone
’cause I was there when you said forever and always
You didn’t mean it baby, you said forever and always… yeah

“Innocent”

I guess you really did it this time
Left yourself in your warpath
Lost your balance on a tightrope
Lost your mind tryin’ to get it back

Wasn’t it easier in your lunchbox days?
Always a bigger bed to crawl into
Wasn’t it beautiful when you believed in everything
And everybody believed in you?

It’s alright, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you’ve been.
You’re still an innocent,
You’re still an innocent.

Did some things you can’t speak of
But at night you live it all again
You wouldn’t be shattered on the floor now
If only you would seen what you know now then

Wasn’t it easier in your firefly-catchin’ days?
When everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you
Wasn’t it beautiful runnin’ wild ’til you fell asleep
Before the monsters caught up to you?

It’s alright, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you’ve been
You’re still an innocent
It’s okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin’ up now
Who you are is not what you did.
You’re still an innocent.

Time turns flames to embers
You’ll have new Septembers
Every one of us has messed up too
Lives change like the weather
I hope you remember
Today is never too late to be brand new

It’s alright, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you’ve been
You’re still an innocent.
It’s okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin’ up now
Who you are is not what you did
You’re still an innocent.
You’re still an innocent.

Lost your balance on a tightrope.
It’s never too late to get it back.

“Mean”

You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I’m nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I’m wounded
You picking on the weaker man

You can take me down with just one single blow
But you don’t know, what you don’t know…

Someday I’ll be living in a big ol’ city
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?

You, with your switching sides
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
You have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don’t already see them
I walk with my head down
Trying to block you out ’cause I’ll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again

I bet you got pushed around
Somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now
‘Cause you can’t lead me down that road
And you don’t know, what you don’t know…

Someday I’ll be living in a big ol’ city
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?

And I can see you years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody’s listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can’t sing
But all you are is mean

All you are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

But someday I’ll be living in a big ol’ city
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so?..

Someday I’ll be living in a big ol’ city (Why you gotta be so?..)
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean (Why you gotta be so?..)
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me (Why you gotta be so?..)
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?

“Mine”

You were in college working part time waitin’ tables
Left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk with a fear of fallin’
Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts

I say “Can you believe it?
As we’re lying on the couch?”
The moment I can see it.
Yes, yes, I can see it now.

Do you remember, we were sitting there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time.
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter.
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Flash forward and we’re taking on the world together,
And there’s a drawer of my things at your place.
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I’m guarded,
You say we’ll never make my parents’ mistakes.

But we got bills to pay,
We got nothing figured out,
When it was hard to take,
Yes, yes, this is what I thought about.

Do you remember, we were sitting there, by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Do you remember all the city lights on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.

Oh, oh, oh

And I remember that fight
Two-thirty AM
As everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street
Braced myself for the “Goodbye”
‘cause that’s all I’ve ever known
Then you took me by surprise
You said, “I’ll never leave you alone.”

You said, “I remember how we felt sitting by the water
And every time I look at you, it’s like the first time
I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter
She is the best thing that’s ever been mine.”

Hold on, make it last
Hold on, never turn back

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.
(Hold on) Do you believe it?
(Hold on) Gonna make it now.
(Hold on) I can see it,
(Yes, yes) I can see it now.

“Speak Now”

I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

I sneak in and see your friends
And her snotty little family all dressed in pastel
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid
Somewhere back inside a room
Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry

This is surely not what you thought it would be
I lose myself in a daydream
Where I stand and say

[Chorus:]
Don’t say “Yes”, run away now
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door
Don’t wait or say a single vow
You need to hear me out
And they said, “Speak now”

Fond gestures are exchanged
And the organ starts to play
A song that sounds like a death march
And I am hiding in the curtains
It seems that I was uninvited by your lovely bride-to-be

She floats down the aisle like a pageant queen
But I know you wish it was me,
You wish it was me,
Don’t you?

[Chorus:]
Don’t say “Yes”, run away now,
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door.
Don’t wait or say a single vow,
You need to hear me out,
And they said, “Speak now”.
Don’t say “Yes”, run away now,
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door.
Don’t wait or say a single vow,
Your time is running out,
And they said, “Speak now”.

Oh, la, la
Oh, oh
Say a single vow

I hear the preacher say, “Speak now or forever hold your peace”
There’s the silence, there’s my last chance.
I stand up with shaky hands, all eyes on me.
Horrified looks from everyone in the room
But I’m only looking at you.

I am not the kind of girl
Who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion
But you are not the kind of boy
Who should be marrying the wrong girl

[Chorus:]
So, don’t say “Yes”, run away now,
I’ll meet you when you’re out of the church at the back door.
Don’t wait or say a single vow,
You need to hear me out,
And they said, “Speak now”.
And you’ll say “Let’s run away now,
I’ll meet you when I’m out of my tux at the back door.
Baby, I didn’t say my vows,
So glad you were around
When they said, “Speak now”.

“Safe & Sound”
(feat. The Civil Wars)

I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, “I’ll never let you go”
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, “Don’t leave me here alone”
But all that’s dead and gone and passed tonight

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You’ll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I’ll be safe and sound

Don’t you dare look out your window darling
Everything’s on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when the music’s gone
Gone

Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You’ll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I’ll be safe and sound

Just close your eyes
You’ll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I’ll be safe and sound…

Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh oh oh. [x7]

“You Belong With Me”

You’re on the phone
with your girlfriend ? she’s upset
She’s going off
about something that you said
’cause she doesn’t get your humor like I do.
I’m in my room ? it’s a typical Tuesday night.
I’m listening to the kind of music she doesn’t like.
She’ll never know your story like I do.

But she wears short skirts
I wear t-shirts
She’s cheer captain
And I’m on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you’re looking for has been here the whole time.

If you could see
That I’m the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can’t you see
you belong with me,
You belong with me?

Walking the streets
With you and your worn out jeans
I can’t help thinking
This is how it ought to be.
Laughing on a park bench
Thinking to myself
“Hey, isn’t this easy?”

And you’ve got a smile
That could light up this whole town.
I haven’t seen it in awhile
Since she brought you down.
You say you’re fine –
I know you better than that.
Hey, what you doing
With a girl like that?

She wears high heels,
I wear sneakers.
She’s cheer captain,
And I’m on the bleachers.
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
that what you’re looking for has been here the whole time.

If you could see
That I’m the one
Who understands you
Been here all along
So why can’t you see
you belong with me?
Standing by you
Waiting at your backdoor.
All this time
How could you not know, baby
You belong with me,
You belong with me?

[Instrumental]

Oh, I remember you were driving to my house
In the middle of the night.
I’m the one who makes you laugh
When you know you’re about to cry.
I know your favorite songs,
And you tell me about your dreams.
Think I know where you belong,
Think I know it’s with me.

Can’t you see
That I’m the one
Who understands you?
Been here all along
So why can’t you see
You belong with me?
Standing by you
Waiting at your backdoor.
All this time
How could you not know, baby,
You belong with me,
You belong with me?

You belong with me.

Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me.

I’m just a little bit caught in the middleLife is a maze and love is a riddleI don’t know where to go, can’t do it aloneI’ve tried and I don’t know why

Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to pop’Cause it’s too much, yeah it’s a lot to be something I’m notI’m a fool out of love ’cause I just can’t get enough

I’m just a little bit caught in the middleLife is a maze and love is a riddleI don’t know where to go, can’t do it aloneI’ve tried and I don’t know why

I’m just a little girl lost in the momentI’m so scared but I don’t show itI can’t figure it out, it’s bringing me downI know I’ve got to let it go and just enjoy the show

The sun is hot in the sky just like a giant spotlightThe people follow the signs and synchronize in timeIt’s a joke nobody knows, they’ve got a ticket to the show

Yeah, I’m just a little bit caught in the middleLife is a maze and love is a riddleI don’t know where to go, can’t do it aloneI’ve tried and I don’t know why

I’m just a little girl lost in the momentI’m so scared but I don’t show itI can’t figure it out, it’s bringing me downI know I’ve got to let it go and just enjoy the showJust enjoy the show

I’m just a little bit caught in the middleLife is a maze and love is a riddleI don’t know where to go, can’t do it aloneI’ve tried and I don’t know why

I’m just a little girl lost in the momentI’m so scared but I don’t show itI can’t figure it out, it’s bringing me downI know I’ve got to let it go and just enjoy the showJust enjoy the show, just enjoy the show

Trouble will find you no mater where you go, oh oh. No Matter if you're fast no matter if you're slow, oh oh. The eye of the storm and the cry in the morn, oh oh. Your fine for a while but then start to loose control.

Chorus 1: He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart, he waits in the winds he's gotta play a part. Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine. oh oh!

Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe, oh oh. And no matter what I feed him he always seems to grow, oh oh. He sees what I see and he knows what I know, oh oh. So don't forget as you ease on down the road.

Chorus 1

Chorus 2: So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm. I won't let him win, but im a sucker for his charm. Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine. Oh oh!

Oh how I hate the way he makes me feel. And how I try to make him leave; I try. Oh Oh I try!

So, here we are againStaring at the end of what we made and who we areNever knowing whenOne of us will break apart and walk the other way loveI don’t know what to say loveI don’t know how to stay when you won’tLet me be the person I am

The writing’s on the wallThere’s nothing to say anymoreSo I’ll leave before I fall apart right back into your armsThe writing’s on the wallYou gave nothing and I gave it allBut I want something betterAnd I won’t let this burden bring me down

What are we to doWhat are we to say to one another now we’re throughThanks for being youThanks for being all the things I had to say goodbye toI’m over being lied toI’m over being pushed into thePerson that you want me to become[From: http://www.elyrics.net%5D

The writing’s on the wallThere’s nothing to say anymoreSo I’ll leave before I fall apart right back into your armsThe writing’s on the wallYou gave nothing and I gave it allBut I want something betterAnd I won’t let this burden bring me down

Where did we go wrongWe let it go so longBut now there’s no point turning backLet’s face the factsThe writing’s on the wall

There’s nothing to say anymoreSo I’ll leave before I fall apart right back into your armsThe writing’s on the wallYou gave nothing and I gave it allBut I want something betterAnd I won’t let this burden bring meI won’t let this burden bring meI won’t let this burden bring me down